diff --git a/.changeset/proud-masks-push.md b/.changeset/proud-masks-push.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac2b8cba5cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/proud-masks-push.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@effect/platform-node": patch
+---
+
+add NodeHttpServerRequest.toServerResponse for accessing the raw node response
diff --git a/packages/platform-node/src/NodeHttpServerRequest.ts b/packages/platform-node/src/NodeHttpServerRequest.ts
index 4dc0d0d8824..7f013f3fdb6 100644
--- a/packages/platform-node/src/NodeHttpServerRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-node/src/NodeHttpServerRequest.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,12 @@ import * as internal from "./internal/httpServer.js"
  * @category conversions
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-export const toIncomingMessage: (self: ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest) => Http.IncomingMessage = internal.requestSource
+export const toIncomingMessage: (self: ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest) => Http.IncomingMessage =
+  internal.toIncomingMessage
+
+/**
+ * @category conversions
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+export const toServerResponse: (self: ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest) => Http.ServerResponse =
+  internal.toServerResponse
diff --git a/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts b/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts
index a004baa3f7d..bdeae5bc281 100644
--- a/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts
@@ -475,5 +475,11 @@ const handleCause = (nodeResponse: Http.ServerResponse) => <E>(cause: Cause.Caus
   )
 
 /** @internal */
-export const requestSource = (self: ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest): Http.IncomingMessage =>
+export const toIncomingMessage = (self: ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest): Http.IncomingMessage =>
   (self as ServerRequestImpl).source
+
+/** @internal */
+export const toServerResponse = (self: ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest): Http.ServerResponse => {
+  const res = (self as ServerRequestImpl).response
+  return typeof res === "function" ? res() : res
+}